Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
Bruce Ediger
Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people's mistakes.
Anonymous
Engineering is the art of doing with one dollar what any damn fool can do with two.
From Space Systems Failures by David M. Harland and Ralph D. Lorenz
A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.
Bill Bryson
Don't code today what you can't debug tomorrow
Anonymous
Only in wealth, there is room for a bad idea.
Jasper van der Meer
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If it's original, you'll have to ram it down their throats.
Howard Aiken
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
Alan J. Perlis
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
Alan J. Perlis
It’s hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.
Craig Bruce